Sometimes it’s nice to have some POWER, right? It’s nice to be able to hack the system and get something out of social media that most people don’t know about. So, if you’re as power hungry as I am, stick around, because here are some powerful social media hacks you’re going to want in on.
Check out these 5 social media hacks:
Hang on to your seatbelts, boys and girls. Here are 5 amazingly powerful social media hacks I already use that will take your social media strategy to the next level.
1. Tweet More Than 140 Characters
Twitter was made for 140 characters. That’s what makes it unique. But sometimes – SOMETIMES, mind you – you absolutely have to tweet a bit longer. Don’t bother searching for third-party tools to help with this, my big-mouthed friends. Thanks to their new Reply technology, you can hack Twitter directly! Just send out your first tweet and end with an ellipsis…then hit reply, delete your @ tag so it doesn’t look weird, and keep talking. Your tweet will show up in the feed linked and sequenced like a conversation – a conversation with yourself!
2. Get More Conversations on Instagram
Anyone out there use Instagress to grow their Instagram following? Don’t deny it. It’s cool. But don’t forget that the point of tools like Instagress is to help you grow not just a following, but your connections. So here’s the hack: don’t automate comments (you know, those annoyingly inauthentic thumbs-up emojis or “Stunning profile!” comments) just to get more followers. Instead, be real. Set up Instagress to automatically ask QUESTIONS. Then, every time someone answers, you have a conversation on your hand! I scheduled two lead consultations just last week doing this!
3. Get Mad Reach & Engagement on Facebook with Groups
This is one of my all-time favorite social media hacks. Ok, so you know how Facebook keeps smacking our Like pages around and driving down our reach and engagement? Here’s how to get it back. Start a Facebook GROUP related to your business. It can be a helpful community within your industry and officially part of your brand. Share updates from your Like page to the group, where it will reach, and be engaged by, tons more people (Groups have MUCH better reach automatically). Not only does this give your Like page engagement and put more eyes on it, but it also boosts your page’s score, thus driving even more reach and engagement for your page.
4. Drive FREE Traffic with YouTube Ads
Yes, I said free. Here’s how. You know those annoying ads that play right before your video on YouTube? The ones you probably skip? Those drive a lot of traffic, and they’re pretty cheap. But they can be FREE. With YouTube video ads, you only get charged for “views.” And a view is defined as when your video is watched all the way to the end or to the 30-second mark, whichever comes first. So shoot video ads that get clicked early on, and you’ve got free traffic. It’s like magic!
5. Put Facebook Trolls to Work for You
Have you ever had a hater on Facebook just there to cause problems? What do you do? If you ignore them, it might reflect poorly on your brand (although it might feel nice to do it). If you delete the comment, they might get ticked and REALLY go off on your page! Well, why not just hide them? That’s right. Just hide their comment, and only you and they can see it. No one else has to listen to their whining, and their comment is still technically there, so your engagement rate goes up, thanks to their invisible rant!
There are tons more powerful social media hacks like these, but this should give you a nice start. Do you have any other hacks? Please post them in the comments! And not everyone knows these, so please share this post with your friends!
